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Plural / 3rd person of cat. Showing the entry for cat.

cat

UK/kæt/ US/ˈkʰæt/ common informal slang us
noun (8) verb (2)

noun

1.

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats

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2.

an informal term for a youth or man

  • “a nice guy”
  • “the guy”
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3.

a spiteful woman gossip

  • “what a cat she is!”
4.

the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant

  • “in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults”
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5.

a whip with nine knotted cords

  • “British sailors feared the cat”
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6.

a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs

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7.

any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

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8.

verb

1.

beat with a cat-o''-nine-tails

2.

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  • “After drinking too much, the students vomited”
  • “He purged continuously”
  • “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”
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Origin

From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, generally thought to be from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”) (c.

Phrases

  • a cat can look at a king
  • a cat in gloves catches no mice
  • a cat in hell's chance
  • a cat may look at a king
  • all cats are grey by night
  • all cats are grey in the dark
  • alley cat
  • Arnold's cat map
  • nine lives
  • Schrödinger’s cat

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